Legal Concepts Worksheet Summary
Legal Concepts Worksheet
University of Phoenix Online
Enterprise Risk
MBA/560
David Weischadle, II
April 13, 2008
Legal Concepts Worksheet
|Concept |Application of Concept to the Issue of Downloading |Reference to Concept in Reading |
| |"For all the public confusion, a long series of court rulings| |
|Copyright law |has made it very clear that it's against the law both to |"Copyright gives a property a certain|
| |upload and download copyrighted music without permission. It |creative work that keeps others from |
| |doesn't matter whether you're dealing with sound recordings, |reproducing it without the owner's | …show more content…
The courts have |permission. The copyright attaches |
| |consistently ruled that P2P and other unauthorized uploading |not to an idea or to facts but to the|
| |and downloading inherently amount to copyright infringement |original expression of an idea or |
| |and therefore constitute a crime (Trevino).â |facts (Reed, et al., 2005, p. 206).â |
| |"Patent rights are granted not for vague ideas but for |"A patent is an exclusive right |
|Patent law |carefully tailored claims. Many products would not exist |created by statute and recognized by
University of Phoenix Online
Enterprise Risk
MBA/560
David Weischadle, II
April 13, 2008
Legal Concepts Worksheet
|Concept |Application of Concept to the Issue of Downloading |Reference to Concept in Reading |
| |"For all the public confusion, a long series of court rulings| |
|Copyright law |has made it very clear that it's against the law both to |"Copyright gives a property a certain|
| |upload and download copyrighted music without permission. It |creative work that keeps others from |
| |doesn't matter whether you're dealing with sound recordings, |reproducing it without the owner's | …show more content…
The courts have |permission. The copyright attaches |
| |consistently ruled that P2P and other unauthorized uploading |not to an idea or to facts but to the|
| |and downloading inherently amount to copyright infringement |original expression of an idea or |
| |and therefore constitute a crime (Trevino).â |facts (Reed, et al., 2005, p. 206).â |
| |"Patent rights are granted not for vague ideas but for |"A patent is an exclusive right |
|Patent law |carefully tailored claims. Many products would not exist |created by statute and recognized by